; Robeson
5
Named recently to committees of
the North Carolina Bar association
are: L. J. Huntley, Jr., Lumber
ton, membership; Dickson Mc
Lean, Lumberton, legislation and
law reform; O. L. Henry, Lumber-
ton,
sar,
public relations; L. R. Var-
Lumberton, past presidents.
F.
Ertel Carlye and Henry A.
McKinnon of Lumberton have been
named to the distinguished guests
committee of the American Le
gion.. They were among 65 North
Carolina appointees.
Beth Farrior of Fairmont, Rt.
2, was entered in the annual
.Coker College Beauty and Cutie
contest recently as the cutie rep
resenting the Christian Council.
Winners of the contest will be an
nounced at the Dec. 16 all-school
Christmas ball. .
James Wilton Wiggins, seaman,
USN, of Route 5, Lumberton, is
serving as a crew member aboard
the destroyer USS Floyd B. Parks,
which is one of the units of Vice
Admiral Gerald F.> Bogan’s West
ern Task Force, now engaged in
the joint Army-Navy Exercise
“Miki.”
James Carl Long, Seaman, USN,
of East Lumberton, is attached to
the destroyer minesweeper
Doyle, now engaged in the
Army-Navy exercise ‘'Miki.”
USS
joint
Alton G. McPherson and
Mrs.
Hilda McLean, both of Lumber-
ton, have been appointed notaries
public by Governor Scott.
Pfc. Edgar O. Taylor, son of Mrs.
I. M. Taylor of North Lumberton,
has recently been assigned to Co.
A. 77th tank battalion of the 7th
iWantry Division at Camp Chitose
Hokkaido, Japan.
One Robeson County driver had
his driver’s license revoked dur
ing the week ending Nov. 5. He
was listed by the Highway Safety
Division as Hubert Strickland
St. Pauls.
of
Services Today
For Tom Parler
RED SPRINGS—Funeral
ser-
vices will be held this afternoon
at 2:30 for Thomas H. Parler, 66.
who died Tuesday night at the
Atlantic Coast Line hospital at
Rocky Mount.
Mr. Parler was'taken ill with
an acute heart condition about
two months ago. After treatment
for several weeks at a Lumberton
hospital he was returned home.
His condition became worse and
he has been a patient at the Rocky
Mount hospital since.
The services will be held at
Trinity Methodist Church, with
the pastor, the Rev. Graham S.
Eubank, officiating. Burial will
be. in Alloway cemetery. The
bo^ will lie in state at the Chapel
of'the Red Springs Funeral home
until time for the service.
Pallbearers will be: Willie Mc
Neill, D. M. McMillan, Dr. W. L.
McRae, Bartram Robeson, Gilbert
Conley, E. II. Alexander. W. R.
Graham and Thad Hamilton.
Mr. Parler was a native of Dor
chester County, South Carolina,
the son of the late Dorell Howell
and J. J. Parler of near Harley
ville. He was connected with the
Atlantic Coast Line Railway for
40 years, serving for the past 17
years here as agent. He was a
Member of the Methodist Church,
: Mason, a Rotarian and served
? ir several years as a member of'
the board of commissioners of the
Town of Red Springs.
Surviving are:: His wife, the
former Emmie Cummings of Har
leyville, S. C.; two daughters,
Mrs. B. L. Clary of Roanoke, Va.,
and Mrs. Richard O. Hess of Bat
tle Creek, Mich.; three sons, T.
H. Parler, Jr., of Georgetown, S.
C., and Jimmy W. and Glenn E.
Parler of Red Springs. Also sur
viving are: a sister. Mrs.' Ennis
Gross of Charleston, S. C., and
three brothers, C. C., of Cheraw,
C. H., of St. George and H.
Parler of Harleyville, S. C.
A.
Mrs. Ned Croom
Wins Name Contest
MAXTON—Mrs. Ned Croom
was the winner in the “Name the
Antique .Shop” contest sponsored
recently by Mrs.
and Mrs. M. A.
their new shop,
ning name which
the shop, was
F. W. Littlefield
Biles to name
The prize win-
was selected for
“The Treasure
House.” Mrs. Croom was award
ed ten dollars in antique mer-
chandise to be chosen
from the
shop’s stock.
The owners of
House expressed
tion to all those
The
their
who
Treasure
apprecia-
made en-
tries in the contest which closed
^st Saturday at six P. M. A
large number of selections were
offered.
Miss Burton Named
Speaker For PTA
RED SPRINGS — Miss Gene
vieve Burton, of Gibsonville, will
be the special speaker at the meet
ing of the Parent-Teachers asso
[Ration to be held tonight at the
™gh school.
Miss Burton is field secretary of
w B^ Springs Cithen [
Vol. 52, No. 19
Red Springs, N. C
Thursday Morning, November 17, 1949
Maxton Legion Post
To Observe Birthday
Henry Says U. S
Headed Toward
Stale Socialism
One Of
Robeson County’s
Hometown Newspapers
14 PAGES TODAY
5c a Copy
7 Paratroopers Held
In Attack On Deputy
MAXTON — Charter members,
past commanders and past ALA
presidents, will be honored guests
on Friday night at 8:00 P. M., at
the 30th anniversary celebration
of the Liberty Post 117 and local
Auxiliary unit of the American
Legion. Many out of town for
mer members and charter mem
bers have sent word they will at
tend and approximately three
hundred persons are anticipated
to be present at this annual Le
gion banquet which will be held
at the dining hall of Presby
terian- Junior College.
All charter mem-baa^ *' st com
manders and past president of the
ALA, will be awarded a certificate
indicating their role in organiz-
RED SPRINGS — The United
States is fast following the plan
ners in their route toward social
ism, and by the same path that
the Fabian Socialists have led
Great Britain to the verge of
statism, it was declared by Osmer
L. Henry, in the principal ad
dress at the annual American Le
gion and Auxiliary dinner held
Friday evening at Flora Macdon
ald College.
The speaker drew a parallel of
the progress of both nations to
ward the Statist government, de ¬
tailing the steps of the
government since the
Br ; t sh
through nationalization of
war,
the
ing and directing
the local post.
A twelve-page
contains a roster
the activities of
history,
of officers
members for 1950, and all
officers and members,
presented
present.
to each
that
and
past
will be
legionnaire
Also contained in this
Bank of England, the railroads
and other transportation. the
power industry, the mines, hos
pitalization and medical services,
designation of employment, and
clothing
control of foods
through continued
laws.
He pointed out
was the first step
and
war
that
rationing
our TVA
toward control
Miss Arelia Adams of Raleigh, left, and Rep. F. Ertel Carlyle will
be among distinguished guests at the Legion banquet in Maxton Friday
night. Miss Adams has held the position of State Department secretary
and treasurer of the Legion Auxiliary since 1924.
Homecoming Observed
By Maxton College
MAXTON — Homecoming was
observed at Presbyterian Junior
College Saturday, with a large
number of alumni and friends
present for the occasion. High
lights of the day were the alumni
meeting and election of officers,
parade and pep rally, football
game followed by a barbecue and
the annual Homecoming dance
that evening.
At the annual alumni meeting,
conducted by Swann Brown of
Norfolk, Va., vice president. Dr.
Darius Flinehum Of Durham, was
elected president of the Alumni
Association for the next year. Oth
er officers elected were H. T.
Conley of Marion, vice president;
and Robert McLean of Stedman,
as secretary. Attorney Terry San
ford of Fayetteville, an alumnus of
1934-35, was guest speaker and ad
dressed the group on "Being True
to Dreams of Youth.” The alumni
meeting was followed by a lun
cheon.
Rock Hill Band
Lending color and atmosphere to
the festivities of the day, was the
excellent Rock Hill high school
band, under the direction of Mr.
Harrison, father of Richard Har
rison, former PJC student. The
band led by an attractive drum
majorette and three assistant ba-
ton-twirlers, headed the big pa
rade which started on the college
campus and covered main thor
oughfares of Maxton, at noon. This
was a pre-football game pep rally
which added to the spirit of en
thusiasm. Participating in the pa
rade were galley be-decked cars
with school colors, and numerous
students and alumni.
Football Game
Coach Peanut Doak’s Scotties
handed the semi-professional team,
the Whiteville Gold Leafs, a re-
sounding defeat to the tune of
19-7 in the grid contest of the aft
ernoon at the Legion Park in Lau
rinburg. Scoring for the Scotties in
history, will be all important in
cidents recorded since the post’s
organization
on November 17,
1920.
of power, with jhe REA and
Columbia River Valley authority,
and smaller river control systems
such as Buggs Island in this
New Hospital
Plant Planned
Trustees of the Baker-Thompson 1
Memorial hospital have applied for 1
a charter tor Robeson County
Memorial hospital and have made
plans for construction of a new
120 bed hospital to operate under
that name. The new hospital will
be ideated just north of Lumber-
ton west of the Red Springs high-
way.
The change in name follows
100 per cent subscription of
8200,000 bond issue made for
the
the
es-
I RED SPRINGS — Seven para-
I troopers from Fort Bragg were
L. B. Martin, 65,
Taken By Death;
Riles Wednesday
MAXTON — Funeral services
were held Wednesday afternoon
wu^hvig tlle neW corporation. a t three o’clock at the First Pres-
When the new corporate certifi- byterian church for Leroy Bishop
cate is received application willMartin, Sr., 65, prominent Max-
be made tor state and federal aid
.... . , ,...ton resident who died at
wnich is available to non-profir Scotland County Memorial
the
jailed here Monday on charges
growing out of an attack on C. E.
Cottrell, deputy sheriff, Sunday
night.
The men, held without formal
charge, pending the outcome of
head injuries received by the
county police officer are: Bob
Tanner, Kenneth Larry, George
Mosley, Dumas Hendre Edward
J. Daly, Justin Nudge and Elmer
B. Hoskins.
’this first victory of their season,
were Jones, Moss and Johnson,
with Jones kicking the only’ extra
point made. The scotties played a
good game before an excited crowd
of football fans, who cheered them
on to victory. At the half, a stellar
performance was presented by the
Rock Hill band to the entertain
ment of the spectators.
Following the barbecue supper
at the college, the annual Home-
coming dance was held at the col
lege gym with Ed Turbeville and
his orchestra from Florence, S. P.,
furnishing music for the evening.
Visiting Alumni
Among the many former stu
dents who were present for the
Homecoming activities were Em
ery Chambers of Greenville, Ver
non Dove of Greenville. H. T. Con
ley of Marion, Joan Britt and Glo
ria McCollum of Fairmont, James
Toney of Caroleen, Richard Har
rison of Clemson College, Dr. Da
rius Flinehum of Durham, Terry
I Sanford of Fayetteville, Swann
Brown of Norfolk, Va., Mrs. Tom
Wolfe of Orangeburg, S. C., Mr
and Mrs. Bill Patton of Greens
boro, H. N. Smith of Laurinburg,
Robert McLean of Stedman, Ankie
Rowe of New Bern, N. C., C. O
'McRae of Hamlet, Curtis Geddie
of Fayetteville, Jesse Parks of
Clinton, Will Hitt of Hamlet, W. C
Copeland of Raleigh, Bill Warren
Mac McConeghy, Dickie Hend
ricks, Wylie Steed and Bruce
Coates, all of Chapel Hill, William
Coppedge of Candor, Kirk Ramsey,
Miss Elea Astiviza of Cuba, Mrs
Jones- Gwinn of Hampton, Va.
Maynard Royster of Elon college
Don Covington of Columbia, S. C.
Archie Watson of Wagram. Charles
Bristow of Wake Forest, Fred
Holder of Davidson, Billy Marsh
and Bill Vadni of Wake Forest
Jack Wall of Greensboro and Bill
and Douglas Wooten of Catawba
There were a number of othei
alumni present who did not regis
ter.
Also at this meeting, the trus
tees will present the deed for the
American Legion playground, re
cently built, which is now paid
for in full, and an asset to the
community.
The Robeson County Voiture
1337 will attend the affair in a
body with their wives. Other 40
and 8 members are expected from
Rockingham and Fayetteville.
Commanders and legionnaires
from posts in this district will also
attend.
Visiting Dignitaries
Included in the list of Legion
dignitaries expected to attend are
Chef de Chemin de fer Clarence
E. Smith of Raleigh; Department
Commander R. C. Godwin of New
Bern, A. D. Stewart,
committeeman and Mrs.
president of Division Two
of Wilmington; Second
Commander Harvey
Charlie Daniels of
national
Stewart,
of ALA,
Division
Knowlen
Fuqua'
Springs, and Miss Arelia AdamA
state department secretary of the
ALA. Also present will be Hon.
F. Ertel Carlyle of Lumberton,
Senator Henry A. McKinnon of
Lumberton, M. A. Thompson of
Washington,
C., Morrison
Peterson of Red Springs.,
Thompson of Greensboro,
other charter members and
officers.
A turkey dinner with all
trimmings will be served at
Hal
and
past
ne
the
banquet and a snappy program
has been planned by co-chairmen,
Percy Phillips and R. F. Morris.
Russell Hellekson. commander,
will preside, with Mrs. G. W. Pul
liam, present as ALA president.
James Drennan and Mrs. K. J.
Chisholm are members of
ticket committee.
Dr. J. L. Ferguson
Methodist Speaker
the
Hos-
hospitals. In addition to the Pro- pital early Tuesday morning after
ceeds of the bond issue the pres- a n illness of several months Of-
_ r r ent .corporation has funds am- ! ficiating was his pastor, Rev., E.
step towards cradle to grave medi-. oun l?ug to approximately anoth- L. Stoffel, and music was fur-
cal care planned under the Wag-I e ® $200,000. total cost of the new, nished by the church choir. The
state planned to follow; plus the
ner-MurrayDingle legislation now. plant will be about a million and body lay in state at the church
proposed in Congress; plus the | a half dollars. Funds will be on from Tuesday night until time for
ever-expanding activities of thejnand for a year of operation of
Federal Reserve System, the phe proposed plant.
FHA, the Federal Land Banks, Baker Sanatorium and Thorap I
and other Federal agencies that;®° n Memorial Hospital have for
exercise increasing amounts of|lbree years been operated as Bak-
control over individual activities. 1 er-Thompson Memorial Hospital
Commander J. B. McCloskey' Inc. The new corporation changes
presided at the banquet. The it name to better suit a single . _ ....
Rev. Graham S. Eubank, pro-jP^nt and to honor the war dead Presbyterian Church were honor-
nounced the invocation. Guests °i both world wars. Trustees of
the funeral. Burial was at the
Oak Grove cemetery in Maxton.
Pall bearers were Gilchrist Pur-
cell of Laurinburg, Rev. Alex
Bowles, Russell E. Hellekson,
John Luther McLean of Lumber-
ton, O. W. Ferrene and Tom Cam
eron of Raeford. Officers of the
ary pall bearers and
were presented by Past Com
mander E. H. Alexander and by
Mrs. R. D. McMillan, Jr., presi
dent of the auxiliary unit of
the present institution are in
corporators of the new venture.
Plans must still
be termed
“tentative” pending approval of
also Rev.
Charles Parrish and T. O. Evans
Jr. Mrs. Luther McNeill, Jr.
Cottrell, a former Red Springs
policeman and sheriff's deputy
for the past several months is in
a Lumberton hospital suffering
from a concussion, broken nose
and scalp injuries; plus bruises
about the chest and back, receiv
ed when he was attacked by the
troopers after lie had arrested one
of the men.
The arrest came after a brawl
in a cafe upon the cafe owner,
Ott Field, his daughter, Mrs. Boh
Tanner, and upon Neill Hughes,
Parkton man, who just happened
into the cafe for a cup of coffee
while the fight was in progress.
Officer Cottrel, in answer to a
call to the place, was taken out
there by Neil McNeill, who also
suffered a bruise or two, plus the
loss of a flashlight which he is
said to have busted over the head
of one of Cottrell’s attackers.
Some of the cafe’s 20 customers
also joined in the melee.
Three of the soldiers were ar
rested Sunday night and the oth
ers were returned here from Fort
Bragg Monday. All are now in
the county jail. Formal indict
ments are expected to be brought
later this week.
Charlie Hall Post of the Legion.
Mrs. R. E. Tomlinson, district:
state and federal
assistance in
construction.
was in charge of the large num
ber of lovely floral offerings and
she was assisted by Mrs. McBryde
Austin, Mrs. C. S. McIntyre, Miss
committee woman, introduced the. The bond issue which has just Minnie Lou McRae, Misses Ann
vice president, Mrs. W. K. Stew-lbeen sold to make the new plant and Mary MacKinnon. Mrs. J. M.
art, of Wilmington, who present- possible is backed by the present Kirkpatrick, Mrs. W. H. Stewart,
properties of the hospitals whiehJ ar., Mrs. H. J. Preseren, Mrs. L.
ed features of the auxiliary pro
gram for the year.
Mrs. H. M. Lanham, state
py chairman, told of the
program which is the one
that a hospitalized veteran
pop-
jppy j
'way ।
can 1
will not be used by the new cor- C- LaMotte, Mrs. O. W. Ferrene.
potation after the new building isl Mis. K. L. StoftA, Mrs.-R. E. 3ei-
iekso 1 and Mrs., Gilchrist Purcell
opened. Officers of the old and
new corporation are R. H. Liver
more, president, Hector MacLean
and B. G. French, vice-presidents,
and R. Lee Britt, secretary and
of the mental and physical re-1 treasurer,
habilitation program of treatment —— —J
earn money while in a veterans’
hospital, and which is also a part
carried out. She demonstrated,
the making of the poppy, showing;
how it was possible for patients
with one arm to participate in this
activity.
The Legion and Auxiliary were
joined in the dinner by membersj
of the Lions and Rotary clubs and
their wives and the Rational
Guard unit here. Also attending
were members of the Lumberton,
Maxton and Pembroke posts of;
Rotarians Sell
Brooms To Aid
Underprivileged
of Laurinburg.
Mr. Martin was the son of the
late Laura Bishop McQueen and
James Norman Martin of Dillon
County. He was born in Robeson
County April 18, 1884, and at
tended county schools and the
University of S. C., in Columbia,
S. C. He had been a resident of
Maxton for nearly forty years and
was an elder in the Presbyterian
Church
here, having been a
church officer for 19 years. He
was a thirty-second degree Mason
the Legion, and their wives.
Greetings wfere extended
RED SPRINGS —
Club Broom Sale will
ed here this week.
The Rotary
be’ conduct-
with three
and active in civic
fairs.
He is survived
and church af-
by his wife.
Mrs. Ada Tennant Martin; one
son, L. B. Martin, Jr., of Maxton;
Senior Play
November 11
MrVXTGN —- Members of the,!
senior class of- Maxton High
School v.- 1 , present their annual
play, “A Howling Success,” on
Tuesday night. Nov. 22, at the
high school at eight o'clock.
Rehearsals have been underway
for some time and ate being di
rected by Mrs. Ida J. McKinnon,
class sponsor. Members of the
cast are
McLeod,
Frostick.
Leitch Patterson, Ann
Faye Edwards We ,n.
Guv Walters Clifton
Jones Ethel Bracey, Sam
Mc ¬
Mm TOWNSEND HONORED FOR
« YEARS TEACHING SERVICE
MAXTON — Miss Marguerite
Townsend, first grade teacher in
Maxton public schools for almost
forty years, and now teaching her
third generation of pupils, was
honored on Monday evening at
the monthly meeting of the Max-
ton Junio rWoman’s Club. Mrs.
J. M. Kirkpatrick presented Miss
Townsend with a gift, paying
tribute to her outstanding service
to the children, parents and com
munity, and her enthusiasm and
vital interest in her work, as well
as her ability to capture and hold
the love of all children.
Miss Townsend
school in Robeson
1910, teaching two
berton schools first
ing as principal
has taught
County since
years in Lum-
and then serv-
of the Alma
country school for two years. She
came to Maxton in 1914 and
started teaching the first grade in
the new Maxton school. She has
taught more than fifteen hundred
boys and girls in the same class
room since that time. She ex
pressed her sincere appreciation
for the token of esteem presented
to her by club members.
Guest Speaker
Guest speaker at the meeting
was Roger C. Kiser of Laurel Hill,
of the state in regard to educa
tion and teachers’ salaries, stat
ing that “public taxation and pub
lic services should go hand in
hand.”
A devotional was presented by
Mrs. Charles Parris, with the
business session conducted by
Mrs. Joe B. Hord, president
Thirty-two members were present
and heard reports on various club
projects. Mrs. R. R. Doak re
ported on the annual junior meet
ing and plans were discussed for
the annual Christmas banquet to
be held in December. Four “Let’s
Rea‘d More” books were brought
to the club by fine arts chairman,
Mrs., C. L. Darling, Jr. Christ
mas cards for club members to
sell as a money-raising project
were distributed at the meeting.
Refreshments were served by
the hostesses, Mrs. Tom Adams,
chairman; Mrs. Emil Bardel, Mrs.
Bob Caddell and Mrs. Bill Dunn.
Out of eleven years experience
as pastor of a church with a mem
bership of more than 3,000 and a
record of leading his church to
the giving of more than $10,000 a
year in supporting special mis
sionary projects, Dr. John L. Fer
guson, pastor, Belmont Methodist
Church, Nashville, Tenn., speaks
on the Methodist Hour Sunday
morning, Nov. 20, on "The Final
Victory.”
This southwide independent
network radio program is now
heard over 99 stations and has an
increasingly wide listenership to
the series of programs titled “This
We Believe.”
Dr. Ferguson is a former chap
lain of World War I, a former
professor at Millsaps College,
Jackson, Miss., and vice-president
the guests by Mayor Hiram Gran-
thtam, and special music for the
dinner was presented by Dean
Robert Smith and the college
glee club. Twelve Gold Star
Mothers of the Red Springs area
were special guests of the Legion
post.
days devoted to the project by
members
which all
town will
tarians.
of the club, during
the residences of 'the
be canvassed by Ro-
The club membership has been
divided into four teams and each
assigned to an area of the town,
as follows: Northeast- Zone, cap-
i tain, Duncan McGougan; area
BFOCI(W6II Speaks east of Main street and north of
To Rotarians At
Third Avenue, E. N. Barden, Les
lie Bullock. Jim Carruth, Wil
liam G. Coxhead, John Graham,
C. E. Leigh, Junior and Senior.
Friday Meeting 1
RED SPRINGS
Sherwood
Knox Lewis, Bill
James A. Graham.
Southeast Zone:
captain ;area south
nue and east of
Morgan and
Neill Clinton,
of Third Ave-
Main
Street:
of Scarritt
College, Nashville,
Tenn. Music for this sermon on
the Methodist Hour- will be by the
Methodist Hour Choir with John
Hoffman as director and George
Hamrick at the organ.
This program may be heard
over
eigh
8:30
Radio Station WPTF,
or WMFD, Wilmington,
A. M.
Services Held For
Mrs. J. G. McKay
RED SPRINGS—Funeral
Ral-
at
sen-
one daughter, Mrs. Frank Sim
mons of Eautawville, S. C., three
grandchildren; two brothers, Dr.
Frank L. Martin, of Mullins, S
C., and Laurie
Martin of Lumber-
ton; and one
Quattlebaum
C. Also
step mothe
Columbia, S
er, Mrs. Paul
of Conw.y, S.
him
N.
M
New School Bus
Facilities Used
PEMBROKE — School bus
dlities have been secured for
vices were held Sunday afternoon
for Mrs. James G. McKay, 67, at
the Philadelphus Presbyterian
Church. The Rev. Joseph Stowe,
pastor, and the Rev. Thomas A.
Fry, pastor of the Red Springs
Presbyterian Church, conducted
the services. Burial was in the
fa-
the
church cemetery.
Mrs. McKay was
Florence Belle Pate,
the late William and
J. G. Perry of
four half-brother . ;
tin of Springfield, S
M. and C. J. Martin,
lumbia, S. C., and J. N
tin of Atlanta, Ga.
e his
in of
Mrs.
and
Mar-
Hugh
Co-
Mar-
A large number of out-of-town
relatives and friends attended the
funeral service.
Brockwell, state fire commission
er, and Walter O. Cheek, state in
surance commissioner, will be the
speakers Friday night at the Ro
tary meeting.
Members of the fire departments
of Maxton, Red Springs and Rae-'
ford, will be special guests of thej
club, of the Board of Trustees of
the Red Springs Schools and the
George Ashford, D. D. Baxley
Loren Eton, Tommy
Tucker
Back At Work
Reid Grantham, R. D. McMillan,
Jr., and A. C. Stephenson.
Southwest Zone: : Captain. Dr.
W. L. McRae ;area south of Third
Avenue and west of Main Street:
Board of Commissioners of the A hie
Town of Red Springs at the meet
ing.
The fire department members
Boatwright, Phil
Brown, Warren
MAXTON
Chief of Police
David ——..—, ,,.—
Purdy Dorman, J.
Bobby Graham, Hi:
Neill.
I in this
are being feted as an expression of
thanks for their fine work in fight
ing the fire which damaged the
L.
Bragg
Detwiler
Duncan,
Graham, Hiram Grantham
Lovin and Warren Mc-
Robbins Mill is included!
John Will McQueen was able to
return to his duties on Monday
of this week after being confined
to his home for about ten days
with a knee injury. C. B. Har
ris, who substituted for Mr. Mc
Queen, has returned to his duties
of night policeman.
Queen, Betty Johnson, Dot Gib
son, Eleanor Britt and Guy Mi
senheimer Jr.
The play promises to be a very
good comedy-drama and the pub
lic is cordially invited to attend.
Proceeds will be used for senior
class projects.
Jasper B. Northcutt
Buried At McFarlan
RED SPRINGS -
Northcutt, 70, died
here Saturday, after
four weeks.
Funeral services
Sunday afternoon at
- Jasper B.
at his home
an illness of
were held
the Pleasant
Hill Methodist Church at McFar
lan. with (he Rev. G. S.' Eubank,
pastor of Trinity Methodist
Church here, in charge.
merit was in the Pleasant
cemetery.
He is- survived by his wife,
Inter-
Hill
the
two
Mt.
former Clara Culpepper;
daughters, Mrs. S. J. East of
Gilead, and Mrs. R. II. Cook of
Jacksonville. Fla.:
two sons.
Taurence Northcutt of Cheraw.
S. C., and Ernest Northcutt of
the home.
He was a native of Anson
County, the son of toe late Rob
ert and Ellen Stubbs of North
cutt.
R. Dudley^aihaim'area Z^ ’^ O O®^ ISl S^OF^ 12
Third Avenue and west of Main “ * “ ^ W^a
Street: T A.. Fry, A. H. Grant,;
Negro high school building last
July. lander.
R. B. Lewis,- chief of the Rae
ford department. E. T. Carrowon,
chief of the Maxton department
and Galen Harris, chief of the Red
Springs department will be spokes-
nen for their groups of honored
guests. Supt. W. R. Dudley
program chairman.
Robeson FHA Staff
At District Meet
is
Robert Marr, J. D. McLean, Jr., , waff &sm
Smith Overstreet and E. H. Alex-  *® 1 ttig
The sale runs for today, Fri-|
day and Saturday,
are products of
County Industries
There will also be
sale, made in this
The orooms
the Guilford
for the Blind,
floor mats for
same plant.
DILLON, S.
C.—The old Floral
the state P. T. A. A classroom Scotland County state representa-
teacher for a number of years. She! live last year and prominent
is recognized as a capable and au-1 school man. Mr. Kiser was in-
thoritative speaker on education i troduced by Mrs. Morrison Mc-
for the family, especially as i Kenzie, chairman of the club’s
deals with adolescent boys and I education department, and spoke
r - ’ls. Her message will be directed; to the group of club women on
t- parents of school-age children. “Education in North Carolina.”
■ He talked generally on finances
ransportation of Pembroke stu
ients to and from Red Springs
iigh school. Previously the stu
dents travelled to school by means
of the family cars.
Send along a hot nutritiou
vegetable cream soup in a vacuum
bottle when your youngsters take
their lunch to school.
the former
daughter of
Emily Adam
Pate of Marlboro County, South
Carolina. She was the widow of
the late James G. McKay. She
died suddenly Friday afternoon.
Surviving are: One son, James
F. McKay of Red Springs; three
sisters: Miss Julia Pate and Mrs.
Willie D. McKay of Red Springs
and Mrs. S. A. Beatty of Char
lotte.
A District meeting of Farmers
Home Administration personnel
from 15 counties in the eastern
part of the state was held in Golds
boro November 8 and 9. Those at
tending from the Robeson County
FHA office were Thomas D. And
erson, County Supervisor; William
W. Reid, William E. Clark, Miss
Cora McDuffie and Mrs. Gertrude
Proceeds from the sale will be
used for the Rotary club’s fund
for the underprivileged. It is
sponsored by the Community Ser
vice committee of the club, of
which E. H. Alexander is chair
man.
Every home will be canvassed.
either during the day, or
evening.
School Holidays
At Red Springs
RED SPRINGS—School
early
holi-
Christ-
schooF
days for Thanksgiving and
A. Hinds. The meeting was for the mas for tiie Red Springs
purpose of becoming better ac- were announced today by Supt.
quainted with the purpose of and! Walter R. Dudley. The Thanks-
the making of Farm Housing Loan giving holiday will begin Wednes-
which, responsibility has been del-- day of next week at the close of
egated to the Farmers Home Ad-J school and school reopens at the
ministration. ! regular hour Monday morning.
College bell, which rang out the
daily college hours at North Car
olina’s first college authorized to
grant degrees to women, will be
presented to Flora Macdonald
College at the homecoming day
exercises Saturday morning.
The presentation will be made
by Alford McCormick, of Reedy
Creek, near Dillon. The bell has
been in the possession of his fam
ily since the properties of old
Flora College were disposed of in
the late 1800s. Mrs. Elizabeth Hen-
negan Hamer of Dillon, an alumna
of Flora Macdonald was instru
mental in securing the old bell to
be added to the growing collection
of Floral College relicts which is
being gathered by Flora Macdon
ald.
Miss Martha Gaitley, presi
dent of the Alumnae Associa
tion, has announced plans for
the Homecoming Day pro
gram, „
Mrs. H. C. McLauchlin of Rae
ford, the former Beatrice Hall, and
a B. M. graduate of Flora Mac-
donald, will be guest speaker. Mrs.
McLauchlin, who is now serving
her second year as president of
The Women of the Church of
Fayetteville Presbytery, has been
for many years a leader in church
and civic work both in Raeford
and throughout the state.
The morning exercises will be
held in the college auditorium at
10.45. The Rev. Graham Eubank,
pastor of Trinity Methodist church
will offer the invocation, and the
musical program will be present
ed by the college glee club under
the direction of Robert Smith.
Dean of Music.
A brief business session will be
held after the morning program,
and all alumnae will be guests of
the college at , luncheon at one o'
clock. An attractive luncheon pro
gram has been planned. College
faculty members will be guests of
the alumnae at a coffee hour in
the college parlors immediately
after luncheon. All alumnae are
invited to an informal dance in
the gym Saturday evening, spon
sored by the Mathematics Club.